This document describes the replication files associated with the following paper:
Hirofumi Miwa. “Why Voters Prefer Politicians with Particular Personal Attributes: The Role of Voter Demand for Populists.” Political Studies.

Contained Files:

1_CSES_analysis.R: R code to replicate the analysis of the CSES data.
2_Study1.R: R code to replicate Study 1.
3_Study2_main.R: R code to replicate Study 2.
4_Study2_pilot.R: R code to replicate the analysis of the pilot surveys for Study 2.
5_profile_distribution.R: R code to replicate the profile distribution in Study 1 based on the 2017 House of Representatives election.
data_Study1.csv: Survey data for Study 1.
data_Study1_conjoint_with_party.csv: Survey data of respondents shown conjoint tables with candidates’ party affiliation in Study 1. To be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_Study1_conjoint_wo_party.csv: Survey data of respondents shown conjoint tables without candidates’ party affiliation in Study 1. To be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_Study2_main.csv: Survey data for Study 2.
data_Study2_main_conjoint.csv: Survey data for Study 2 to be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_Study2_pilot_1st.csv: Data from the first pilot study for Study 2.
data_Study2_pilot_1st_conjoint.csv: Data from the first pilot study for Study 2, to be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_Study2_pilot_2nd.csv: Data from the second pilot study for Study 2.
data_Study2_pilot_2nd_conjoint.csv: Data from the second pilot study for Study 2, to be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_Study2_pilot_3rd.csv: Data from the third pilot study for Study 2.
data_Study2_pilot_3rd_conjoint.csv: Data from the third pilot study for Study 2, to be reformatted using the read.qualtrics function.
data_HOR_2017.csv: Data on the profiles of candidates from the 2017 House of Representatives election.
codebook.pdf: Codebook for the above CSV files.

Additional Notes:

Each R code file operates independently. However, to run 1_CSES_analysis.R, you must obtain the CSV file of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Module 5, Fourth Advance Release data and place it in your working directory. This file is available at the project’s website: https://cses.org/

All R and CSV files are encoded in UTF-8. Most files contain Japanese characters and may display incorrectly if opened with another encoding.

For detailed information on the packages and their versions used in the original analysis, please refer to the Online Appendix.

For any questions or concerns about the files, please contact the author.